Members of the British Army's murderous `Dirty War' unit, the
FRU (Force Research Unit), also known as JSG (Joint Services
Group) have been named on a U.S. based website.
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Further details of FRU revealed
Published January 26, 2004
Detainees beaten after Galway protest
The first major protests of Ireland's presidency of the European Union took place last weekend in Galway, with a number of groups speaking out on issues ranging from racism to fishing in Connemara. They coincided with a meeting of employment/social affairs ministers in a city-centre hotel. The largest demonstration took place under the banner ``Another Europe Is Possible'', in Eyre Square, close to the venue, and was attended by around 500 people.
Published January 26, 2004
Children targeted by UDA booby-trap; Ahern meets UDA
Children escaped serious injury yesterday when an apparent
booby-trap device, which had the potential to kill, failed to
ignite at a west Belfast sports club.
Published January 26, 2004
British govt discusses violence with UDA group
The unionist paramilitary Ulster Defence Association cannot
seriously be considered to be on ceasefire, the British
government has admitted.
Published January 23, 2004
Battle for Irish-American votes
The peace process in Ireland has featured in debate surrounding the U.S. Presidential election in November.
Published January 23, 2004
Rhetoric levels rise ahead of historic meeting
A meeting in London next week with Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party has been described as ``enormously significant'' and ``historic'' by the Irish Prime Minister, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.
Published January 23, 2004
SF fury at funding allegations
Dublin's Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, has maintained his
verbal offensive on Sinn Féin by repeating that IRA criminal
activity is being used to help fund the party.
Published January 23, 2004
New base opening hours criticised
The British government has been accused of reneging on a
commitment to shut down a military barracks in west Belfast.
Published January 23, 2004
UDA warns against Catholic population growth
A statement by the Ulster Political Research Group in north Antrim has warned Protestants to be on the alert over the growth in the Catholic population.
Published January 23, 2004
Report on criminal justice reforms
The first report on the implementation of proposed reforms to
the north's judicial system has raised questions over whether
the process will ever be completed.
Published January 23, 2004
What if Paisley used his powers for good?
President of the Irish National Caucus in Washington DC
First of all, full disclosure: I've always had a soft spot for Dr Paisley. This seems to surprise many people, although I know I am by no means the only Northern Ireland Catholic who feels this way about the good reverend.
Published January 23, 2004
Buried Secrets and Brutal Truths
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`The Blade' is a relatively small family newspaper in the Ohio city of Toledo with a reputation for investigative journalism. A few months ago it published a series of articles, `Buried Secrets, Brutal Truths', after being tipped off about some classified documents. Two journalists spent eight months piecing together the story of Tiger Force, a platoon of the US military operating in the Central Highlands of Vietnam in 1967. (This is distinct from the My Lai massacre of 500 defenceless civilians in March 1968.)
Published January 21, 2004
Brown family to prevent new PSNI `investigation'
Relatives of Sean Brown are to mount a legal challenge to
block a new PSNI investigation into his murder following the
publication of findings by the North's Police Ombudsman that
the original police investigation was inadequate.
Published January 21, 2004
Dublin govt taken to task on EU agenda
Sinn Féin Dail leader Caoimhghin O Caolain said that many in
the political establishment are ``more concerned with creating
a United States of Europe than about achieving a United
Ireland''.
Published January 21, 2004
Bloody Sunday Programme of Events 2004
The line-up of events in the Bloody Sunday commemorations.
Published January 21, 2004
Finucane family granted leave to apply for review
The High Court in Belfast has allowed the Finucane family to
proceed with their case to force the British government to
publish the Cory Report.
Published January 21, 2004
Call for bombings inquiry to be abandoned
Three families of those killed in the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings have demanded that the newly opened parliamentary inquiry into the atrocities be abandoned.
Published January 21, 2004
Pressure on British ahead of review
Irish foreign minister Brian Cowen tomorrow meets with British
Direct Ruler Paul Murphy on next month's review of the 1998
Good Friday Agreement as part of a discussion by the
British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference.
Published January 21, 2004
PSNI involved in clashes with youths
It has emerged that there were two separate riots last weekend
involving nationalist youths and the PSNI police.
Published January 21, 2004
Two north Belfast Catholic schools were at the centre of bomb
alerts today which were blamed on the unionist paramilitary
UDA.
Published January 19, 2004
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